package calculator.equationnodes;

import java.math.BigDecimal;

/*
 * EquationNode.java
 * Author: Ben McCormick
 * Written: Jan 2 2011
 * Last Edited: May 16 2011
 * Ben McCormick 2011
 * This file is part of The Eikona Project .
 *    Copyright 2011 Ben McCormick
 *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *    
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *    
 *     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *     limitations under the License.
 */

public abstract class EquationNode {
	
	protected String type;
	protected String name;

	public String getType()
	{
		return type;
	}
	
	public abstract BigDecimal getValue();
	
	public abstract int getPriority();
	
	/** Returns the number of children this node has */
	public abstract int numChildren();
	
}
